St. Johns Celebrates UN Global Road Safety InStyle !

The Department of Emergency Medicine, St. John’s Medical College observed the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week in great STYLE. The message of the weeklong global event was Save Lives # Slow down.

These events are in continuation to the massive events held across India to celebrate the UN Global Road Safety Mission.

Uniqueness of this event was the FLASH MOB event done by Young Physicians from the Department of EM at St Johns Medical College. St. Johns also runs one of the Premier MCI Recognized EM Residency Programs in the Nation.

Enthusiastic undergraduates participated in a flash mob at the Forum mall, Koramangala on the evening of May 13th, 2017. Over 75 future doctors and the team from the department of Emergency Medicine, St. Johns medical College danced to a peppy musical montage with a skit interwoven in the dance portraying the message of road safety.

There was a massive public response to the event. The flash mob had the audience grooving to the music! And as the event ended the undergraduates interacted with the public about road a safety.

FLASH MOB VIDEO:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3cN4M18OVc-VnFISGVnY3kwZGM/view

Informative flyers with message to slow down were distributed. This was followed by a phenomenal response of the public to take the pledge to Slow Down and Save Lives!

FLASH MOB Promotion is a known Activity in INDUSEM Events. Earlier in 2014 a similar event was conducted at Thrissur by Jubilee Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. For Previous FLASH MOB Video Click Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkIP5rMOKYI

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About UN Global Road Safety Week

The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week was held from 8-14 May 2017. The Week focused on speed and what can be done to address this key risk factor for road traffic deaths and injuries. Speed contributes to around one-third of all fatal road traffic crashes in high-income countries, and up to half in low- and middle-income countries. Countries successfully reducing road traffic deaths have done so by prioritizing safety when managing speed. Among the proven strategies to address speed include:Building or modifying roads to include features that calm traffic, establishing speed limits to the function of each road, enforcing speed limits, installing in-vehicle technologies and raising awareness about the dangers of speeding.The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week hoped to increase understanding of the dangers of speed and generate action on measures to address speed, thereby saving lives on the roads. For More Information: https://www.unroadsafetyweek.org/en/home

About EMA

The Emergency Medicine Association was founded in 2015 during the INDUSEM2015 World Congress of Academic Emergency Medicine in New Delhi. EMA is the Official voice of competent Emergency Experts. Working towards provision of quality emergency care The EMA is an organized Guild of Emergency Leaders in Health and Medicine. Focused on Developing, Practicing and Progressing Emergency Medicine. EMA has a strong relation with partner organizations, individuals and institutions across the world. The EMA boasts of a strong DNA with its relationships which are geared towards potentiating growth. EMA has the support of the INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative, the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India and the Academic for Clinical Emergency Nursing in India. For More Information: www.emaindia.net

About INDUSEM

The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information, visit www.indusem.org

About Jeevan JyotiRashtriyaAbhiyan and Jan Suraksha Abhiyan

Championed by INDUSEM Leaders the JeevanJyotiRashtriyaAbhiyan and Jan Suraksha Abhiyan is the Umbrella Flagship Initiative at the National Level which envisions to bring together all the individual local initiatives by NGO, Local Bodies and Organizations to prepare the communities and citizens of India towards preventing injuries, leading a safer lifestyle and responding to emergencies when being in an emergency situation. Inaugurated by the Honorable Governor of Uttar Pradesh His Excellency Shri. Ram Naik, the RashriyaAbhiyans are now functioning across States of India. For more Information: https://www.indusem.org/public-health-2/

St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences

It was established in 1963by catholic bishop’s conference of India. It comprises of a medical college and Hospital, a college of Nursing, an institute of health management and para medical studies and a dedicated research Institute. The hospital has over 1000 beds and has both specialty and super specialty departmentsSt. John’s objective is excellence in academic courses as well as service to society, as a result of which it has truly become holistic both in its outlook and in its approach to the problems of community health.St. John’s Medical College was ranked 4th in India by outlook India and ranked 8th in India by careers360 in 2017, 3rd among private institutes.

Department of Emergency Medicine, St. John’s Medical College

An independent Department of Emergency Medicine commenced as early as 1998, one of the first of its kind in the country. The department has always kept quality patient care at the forefront with the background of consistent focused EM academics. It has firmly believed that nothing can replace dedicated work by seniors and juniors alike on the floor 24×7 with a personalized approach to every patient. It is presently headed by Professor Shakuntala Murthy, who has over 20 year of acute/emergency medicine experience including 5 years with the NHS. She continues to be a role model for students and colleagues from across India not just by her hardwork but also her passionate teaching of a specialty she believes in so much. She is one of the core members of the ACEE and has always encouraged students to grow academically in emergency medicine. Through its 19 year journey the department has seen multiple changes on the academic front with many dedicated faculty members and various training programs. Most recent addition being the MD in 2011, with one MCI permitted seat per year. In 2016, an Emergency Medicine technician-training program also has added to the repertoire of the department’s academics. The department attends to over 40,000 patients annually with most requiring extensive workup and diverse forms of emergency intervention; this is due to the fact that St. John’s is a well known hospital in southern India and is strategically placed to receive referral from three states of southern India. The department also has a dedicated Emergency ICU for continuation of care of emergency patients. It also has a busy triage with trained nurses as the first point of contact.Interns and postgraduates from various specialties often look forward to their ED rotation in St John’s, as they are aware they will get to see an organized approach to EM. For more Information : http://stjohns.in/